Old Bridge Street shoemaker Li Dexiang and his wife Wang Jinhua accidentally encounter the orphan Chen Lexuan and her younger brother Chen Xiaoyu, whose parents both passed away and who were abandoned by their uncle and aunt, surviving by picking up shoe repair waste. The couple feels compassionate and secretly assists the two siblings. When the younger brother falls seriously ill, they spare no effort to save him, but Chen Lexuan's uncle and aunt see that the street-facing shop at home is about to be demolished, and come over again to seize the children and property. Li Dexiang and his wife withstand gossip and criticism, gather evidence, and through community mediation, recover the invaded property for the siblings and formally take care of the two children. Chen Lexuan harbors dreams and studies hard, eventually receiving the admission notice of Tsinghua and Peking University.